20130813

Exclusive: UK faces desperate shortage of science and maths teachers

More than 100,000 secondary school pupils will be taught maths and science by teachers untrained in the subjects because of a chronic shortage of new recruits, education experts will warn today.
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Exclusive: UK faces desperate shortage of science and maths teachers

More than 100,000 secondary school pupils will be taught maths and science by teachers untrained in the subjects because of a chronic shortage of new recruits, education experts will warn today.
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Teenage drinking raises risk of early dementia, study suggests

Drinking a pint

Swedish study identifies heavy drinking as a teenager as the most serious of nine risk factors for  young onset dementia

Teenage drinking raises risk of early dementia, study suggests

Drinking a pint

Swedish study identifies heavy drinking as a teenager as the most serious of nine risk factors for  young onset dementia

20130812

A Year of Breast-Feeding

The longer a mother breast-feeds, the greater the benefit to the child’s brain development, a new study says.

A Year of Breast-Feeding

The longer a mother breast-feeds, the greater the benefit to the child’s brain development, a new study says.

A Glut of Antidepressants

Over the past two decades, the use of antidepressants has skyrocketed. One in 10 Americans now takes an antidepressant medication; among women in their 40s and 50s, the figure is one in four. Read more